Features

Dwell on Design, returned to the Los Angeles Convention Center June 23-25, 2017, for its 12th year. This innovative three-day event welcomed attendees and participants from around the world for a celebration and exploration of modern design through onstage content, education for design professionals, inspiring installations, a shopping experience, prefab homes, exclusive Home Tours, and appearances from iconic influencers of design.​Read Full Feature Story

Highlights of the PCBC 2017 conference included the inaugural Re-Think Conference. Over its two days, the conference focused on challenging home building professionals to step outside the conventional “four walls of homebuilding” and embrace a wider sphere of influence to drive thinking and help move home building and design businesses forward. In addition, Re-Think delivered a series of keynote sessions from unconventional speakers, designed to inspire the audience with ‘blue sky’ thinking.

"PCBC works to continuously push the limits in homebuilding and provide professionals in the industry with the environment, education, networking opportunities and products needed to continue to forge ahead,” commented Linda Baysari, senior vice president of PCBC, “and the quality of each element at this year’s event proves that. As our final show in San Diego, we could not have asked for a better way to end our rotation in the area.”​​Read Full Feature Story

Book Review

On a recent episode of HBO’s Insecure, one of the characters says something a bit tasteless. Her friend looks at her, flabbergasted, and says, “Do you listen to yourself?” She shrugs and says, “All the time. I have a podcast.” It was funny because there are so many podcasts like that—someone who really likes to talk, with a listenership of one. That’s why good podcasts cause such a splash.

Stephen Woessner, the author of PROFITABLE PODCASTING: Grow Your Business, Expand Your Platform, and Build a Nation of True Fans (AMACOM Books), tells a compelling story about seeking to grow his digital marketing firm, and in a flash of inspiration, turning to podcasting. His podcast, Onward Nation, which launched in 2015, is the top-rated daily podcast for small business owners and led to $2 million dollars in revenue for his company, Predictive ROI.​Read Full Book Review

About The Author

Stephen Woessner is founder and CEO of the digital marketing agency Predictive ROI and host of Onward Nation, the top-rated daily podcast for business owners. He lives in La Crosse, WI. Learn more about the author at his website OnwardNation.com​Publisher: AMACOM